Every decision she makes is doubly scrutinized, particularly when it relates to juggling family and career.
Branding breastfeeding as natural and economical without fully acknowledging the difficulties of balancing family and career creates unnecessary pressure and guilt.
Young women who climb quickly up the corporate ladder often must manage both family and career and those that opt to supplement their parenting with a nanny in order to focus on work are often looked upon as choosing success over children.
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There is a balance of personal family life and career that must be reached and each person must choose that for themselves.
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There is another view on this and that is from the primary breadwinner of what was a 2 income family and a career woman that is now divorced.
Believe me, I recognize the cultural and anatomical challenges and respect the sacrifices women make in order to balance family and a career, or family with no career, or career with no family.
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That's why I decided to marry her. (Laughter.) And once Michelle and I had our girls, she gave it her all to balance raising a family and pursuing a career -- and something that could be very difficult on her, because I was gone a lot.
How difficult is that to do in a marriage and what advice would you give to others in that same situation negotiating career and family when you both have big goals and big desires for career?
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But I got to grow up, and go to Princeton and Harvard Law School, and have a career and a family and the most blessed life I could ever imagine.
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I, for instance, tend to associate women more with family and men more with career.
Businesses across the country applied and answered over 600 questions about the benefits they offer to help working moms succeed in career and family.
Huhne told Channel 4 News ahead of sentencing that his actions had spun into a "massive, devastating set of consequences for family, for career and for everything".
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Speaking ahead of sentencing, Huhne told Channel 4 News that his actions had spun into a "massive, devastating set of consequences for family, for career and for everything".
These statistics highlight the national conundrum women face balancing family with career, and an acute problem every company should be worried about: a sizable pool of the most highly-educated, highly-skilled women in their ranks are either fleeing their organizations or foregoing job opportunities, determining that juggling family and work demands is too obstacle-ridden to justify.
To launch the program, I have decided to offer the first adventure to women only, as I believe they are often the ones who deserve and need it the most, having to juggle career, motherhood and family life.
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As it turns out, my involvement in family and the arts transformed my career.
But initiatives like these are not enough to allow women to both start a family and have a truly successful career.
This forces upon women an unwelcome choice between career and family.
Being comfortable in a successful lifestyle, it is confusing to pair the criminal actions of a person to the characteristics of a successful career, family and social status.
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By the time he was 51, Mr Ondaatje was ready to return to Britain with his family and embark on a second career as an author, collector and philanthropist.
Particularly for women raising families, there is often tension between the demands of a career and family responsibilities which can result in women stepping back from the more high profile jobs in their companies.
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Mrs Mensch attracted a lot of column inches earlier this month when she announced her intention to step down as MP for Corby, saying she was finding it increasingly difficult to juggle career and family.
That you can find a way to balance a career and family that there is a way that you can be part of the decision-making fabric of this country and still be a good mother.
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Amy had always been anchored, to some extent, by her friends and family in Massachusetts, but as her career began to drift in Huntsville she grew increasingly isolated, and stopped returning their phone calls and e-mails.
He has removed himself from consideration to focus more on his medical career and his family.
When asked if a woman could successfully juggle a career and a family, she offered a knowing smile.
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When there is so much negative discussion over a woman choosing to have a career and a family, we are sending a shameful message at a time when we should be encouraging women instead of discouraging them.
De-prioritizing needless face time in favor of family time and acknowledging that children may thrive with independence, may in fact be the key to handling the simultaneous guilt and anxiety that being both a parent with a demanding career and a COO with a family provides.
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